{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/mart/mart153.htm","path":"neu/mart/mart153.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart153.htm","text":"CHAPTER XXXV\nOf the Great Royalty, and what officers were made at the\nfeast of the wedding, and of the jousts at the feast.\nSO it drew fast to Michaelmas; and thither came Dame Lionesse,\nthe lady of the Castle Perilous, and her sister, Dame Linet, with\nSir Gringamore, her brother, with them for he had the conduct of\nthese ladies. And there they were lodged at the device of King\nArthur. And upon Michaelmas Day the Bishop of Canterbury made\nthe wedding betwixt Sir Gareth and the Lady Lionesse with great\nsolemnity. And King Arthur made Gaheris to wed the Damosel\nSavage, that was Dame Linet; and King Arthur made Sir Agravaine\nto wed Dame Lionesse's niece, a fair lady, her name was Dame\nLaurel.\nAnd so when this solemnization was done, then came in the Green\nKnight, Sir Pertolepe, with thirty knights, and there he did\nhomage and fealty to Sir Gareth, and these knights to hold of him\nfor evermore. Also Sir Pertolepe said: I pray you that at this\nfeast I may be your chamberlain. With a good will, said Sir\nGareth sith it liketh you to take so simple an office. Then came\nin the Red Knight, with three score knights with him, and did to\nSir Gareth homage and fealty, and all those knights to hold of\nhim for evermore. And then this Sir Perimones prayed Sir Gareth\nto grant him to be his chief butler at that high feast. I will\nwell, said Sir Gareth, that ye have this office, and it were\nbetter. Then came in Sir Persant of Inde, with an hundred\nknights with him, and there he did homage and fealty, and all his\nknights should do him service, and hold their lands of him for\never; and there he prayed Sir Gareth to make him his sewer-chief\nat the feast. I will well, said Sir Gareth, that ye have it and\nit were better. Then came the Duke de la Rowse with an hundred\nknights with him, and there he did homage and fealty to Sir\nGareth, and so to hold their <276>lands of him for ever. And he\nrequired Sir Gareth that he might serve him of the wine that day\nof that feast. I will well, said Sir Gareth, and it were better.\nThen came in the Red Knight of the Red Launds, that was Sir\nIronside, and he brought with him three hundred knights, and\nthere he did homage and fealty, and all these knights to hold\ntheir lands of him for ever. And then he asked Sir Gareth to be\nhis carver. I will well, said Sir Gareth, an it please you.\nThen came into the court thirty ladies, and all they seemed\nwidows, and those thirty ladies brought with them many fair\ngentlewomen. And all they kneeled down at once unto King Arthur\nand unto Sir Gareth, and there all those ladies told the king how\nSir Gareth delivered them from the dolorous tower, and slew the\nBrown Knight without Pity: And therefore we, and our heirs for\nevermore, will do homage unto Sir Gareth of Orkney. So then the\nkings and queens, princes and earls, barons and many bold\nknights, went unto meat; and well may ye wit there were all\nmanner of meat plenteously, all manner revels and games, with all\nmanner of minstrelsy that was used in those days. Also there was\ngreat jousts three days. But the king would not suffer Sir\nGareth to joust, because of his new bride; for, as the French\nbook saith, that Dame Lionesse desired of the king that none that\nwere wedded should joust at that feast.\nSo the first day there jousted Sir Lamorak de Galis, for he\noverthrew thirty knights, and did passing marvellously deeds of\narms; and then King Arthur made Sir Persant and his two brethren\nKnights of the Round Table to their lives' end, and gave them\ngreat lands. Also the second day there jousted Tristram best,\nand he overthrew forty knights, and did there marvellous deeds of\narms. And there King Arthur made Ironside, that was the Red\nKnight of the Red Launds, a Knight of the Table Round to his\nlife's end, and gave him great lands. The third day there\njousted Sir Launcelot du Lake, and he overthrew fifty knights,\nand did many marvellous deeds of arms, that all men wondered on\nhim. And there King Arthur <277>made the Duke de la Rowse a\nKnight of the Round Table to his life's end, and gave him great\nlands to spend. But when these jousts were done, Sir Lamorak and\nSir Tristram departed suddenly, and would not be known, for the\nwhich King Arthur and all the court were sore displeased. And so\nthey held the court forty days with great solemnity. And this\nSir Gareth was a noble knight, and a well-ruled, and fair-\nlanguaged.\nThus endeth this tale of Sir Gareth of Orkney that\nwedded Dame Lionesse of the Castle Perilous.\nAnd also Sir Gaheris wedded her sister, Dame\nLinet, that was called the Damosel Sabage. And\nSir Agrabaine wedded Dame Laurel, a fair lady\nand great, and mighty lands with great riches gave\nwith them King Arthur, that royally they might\nlive till their lives' end.\nHere followeth the viii. book, the which is the first\nbook of Sir Tristram de Liones, and who was\nhis father and his mother, and how he was born\nand fostered, and how he was made knight.","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK VII CHAPTER XXXV","type":"page"}